Xi Downgrades Trump in Beijing
Trump arrived in Beijing chasing a trade win. Xi reframed the summit around Taiwan, rare earths, and a pointed warning about war.
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Europe Approved €90 Billion for Ukraine. Washington Is Still Fighting Over $400 Million
Europe finalized a €90 billion Ukraine aid package and is sending it. In Washington, a $400 million tranche stalled and Congress had to force a vote with a discharge petition.
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SCOTUS Lets Alabama Erase a Black-Majority District Eight Days Before the Primary
A 6-3 Supreme Court on May 11 cleared Alabama to scrap a Black-majority district held by Rep. Shomari Figures, eight days before the May 19 primary.
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Makary Out as FDA Chief One Day Before Senate Testimony, Pushed Over Mifepristone and Vape Fights
Marty Makary resigned as FDA commissioner May 12 after Trump signed off on his firing over mifepristone and flavored e-cigarette policy fights.
Trump’s Three-Day Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire Buckles on Day Two as Both Sides Trade Strikes
Trump’s 72-hour Russia-Ukraine ceasefire is already cracking. Russia accuses Kyiv of 1,000+ violations; Ukraine reports civilian deaths in Zaporizhzhia.
Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Puts Drug Cartels Above ISIS as America’s Top Threat
The 2026 US counterterrorism strategy elevates cartels above ISIS, names al-Qaeda and ISIS-K as second priority, and creates a third ‘violent secular political groups’ category covering antifa and ‘radically pro-transgender’ activism.
US Passport Revocations for Unpaid Child Support Start Friday: Who Is Affected and What to Know
Starting May 9, 2026, the State Department actively revokes passports for parents owing $100,000+ in child support, then expands to the $2,500 threshold. Notices, resolution paths, and what to do if you are abroad.
Trump DOJ Fires 100+ Immigration Judges, Recruits ‘Deportation Judges’ to Speed Mass Removals
More than 100 immigration judges fired, 140 thinner-record replacements hired, training cut from 5 weeks to 3. Inside the DOJ overhaul that is reshaping a quasi-judicial system to guarantee outcomes.
“Ka$h” on the Rocks: Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Bottles Push the FBI Director’s Self-Branding Past the Ethics Line
FBI Director Kash Patel travels with cases of personalized Woodford Reserve bottles engraved with his name and the FBI shield. The Atlantic just surfaced the detail, while Patel is suing the magazine for $250 million over its prior drinking reporting and the bureau probes the journalist behind both stories.
The Perry-Trudeau Relationship Is Justin Trudeau’s Most Effective Post-Political Move
Editorial analysis: what the Perry-Trudeau relationship reveals about Trudeau’s post-political brand and the economics of high-profile celebrity coupling.
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Obama’s Colbert Appearance Turns a Sunsetting Late Show into a Closing Argument [VIDEO]
Barack Obama used Stephen Colbert’s near-final Late Show episode to flag DOJ politicization as the threat democracy cannot survive. Notes from a closing argument.
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Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized in Critical Condition: The Fall of ‘America’s Mayor’ From Ground Zero to a Big Zero
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 81, is in critical but stable condition with pneumonia. Trump called him a ‘True Warrior.’ But the real story is the arc: from the man who steadied a nation after September 11 to a disbarred lawyer, $148 million debtor, and conspiracy theorist whose health crisis arrives at the end of one of the most dramatic descents in American political history.
Pentagon Blocks 165 US Wind Farm Projects: Trump Administration Cites National Security to Freeze All Onshore and Offshore Wind Development
The Trump administration has quietly frozen approximately 165 onshore wind projects by withholding Pentagon approvals, while the Department of the Interior paused all offshore wind leases citing classified national security reports. The result: America’s wind energy pipeline is effectively dead, and the ‘energy dominance’ administration just killed one of its fastest-growing domestic energy sources.
Project Freedom Begins in Strait of Hormuz: Iran Claims Missile Hit on US Warship as Ceasefire Unravels
Trump launches ‘Project Freedom’ with 15,000 troops and guided-missile destroyers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran claims it struck a US frigate with two missiles. The Pentagon says that’s propaganda. The three-week ceasefire is cracking in real time, and the consequences for global energy markets and American foreign policy credibility are enormous.
US Withdrawing 5,000 Troops From Germany: Trump Punishes NATO Ally Over Iran War Criticism
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany in retaliation for Chancellor Merz’s criticism of Trump’s Iran war policy, signaling how alliance relationships have fundamentally shifted under this administration.
Iran War Clock Doesn’t Apply Because Of Ceasefire Says Trump: Why The 60-Day War Powers Deadline Matters
Trump claims a ceasefire “terminated” Iran military operations, meaning the War Powers Act’s 60-day deadline doesn’t apply. The argument is constitutionally novel, Congress has already checked out, and it could fundamentally rewrite how presidents engage with war-powers restrictions.
Pete Hegseth Iran War Testimony: $25 Billion Spent, $1.5 Trillion Budget Requested, and Congress Is Furious
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed the Iran war has cost $25 billion in just two months while requesting a historic $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget. Democrats called it a strategic blunder. The War Powers clock has expired. And nobody in the room could answer the simplest question: how does this end?
New Iran Strike Option on the Table as Oil Hits $126 and Gas Prices Crush American Wallets
The Iran war is now squeezing the country from both ends: a $28 billion military tab that keeps climbing, and $4.30 gas that’s draining household budgets faster than any tax hike ever could.